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Chip Card Shipments Top 2.3 Billion In 2017

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billion payment chip cards were shipped worldwide in 2017. While shipment volumes in China and the United States “continue to normalize,” contactless payment cards are more than 70 percent of shipments in “a growing number of territories,” the association said in an announcement. marking a twofold increase over 2014.

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Visa Releases New Chip Card Numbers

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Just how well is the chip card migration going? chip rollout is already having an impact on counterfeit fraud, the number one cause of in-store payment fraud today.” 2015, an average of 23,000 new merchants are becoming chip-enabled weekly. The chip card transaction volume in the U.S.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Payday Loans, Wells Fargo, Chip Cards – And Cybersecurity

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The program, which was piloted in August 2015, is available to SMBs with short-term cash needs who have also been Wells Fargo customers for at least a year. Merchants and Chip Cards. IBM ), allegations of consumer harm over not being able to require the use of PINs with Chip Cards ( Walmart v. Alt Lending.

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NRF Warns Against EMV Verification Flaws

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The shift from magnetic stripe to EMV chip cards marked one of the 21 st century’s most widespread payment developments. Chip cards have been heralded for their improved functionality and security, but they have still failed to address critical authentication problems, leaving retailers to bear the brunt of these vulnerabilities.

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What’s the Future For Payment Cards?

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The payments firm is reportedly already testing the card in South Africa. The product combines chip technology with a fingerprint scanner to verify the cardholder’s identity when making purchases in-store or online. Payment technology is rapidly changing, but one can certainly argue that these are optimistic times for cards.

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

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million payment cards, Giorgio said. The contactless card opportunity for community banks stems from the expiration of first-generation EMV chip cards, she told Webster. In fact, in 2015, ICBA Bancard provided more than $800,000 in financial assistance to help its community bank clients prepare for first-gen EMV.

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MasterCard Expands EMV Self-Certification Program

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The move has been complicated by the combination of most merchants getting a very late start to the EMV process – the Target breach was what many merchants considered their official starting line despite announcements by the card networks years earlier – and a complicated certification process that’s been tough for some merchants to navigate.

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